Aleesha Hansel
Aleesha Hansel, DWWA Judge
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Aleesha Hansel is a judge at the 2023 Decanter World Wine Awards.

Aleesha Hansel

Aleesha Hansel is a wine journalist, presenter, judge and amateur anthropologist. It was a natural progression when she fell into the wine trade, after many a year as an engaged consumer, that Aleesha quickly became fascinated by the anthropology of wine and the role it plays in culture and society.

Using her multimedia journalistic and visual storytelling skills, Aleesha has become a successful wine communicator and freelance writer.

She is the wine columnist for Red Magazine and her other articles can be found in publications including Ocadolife, Harpers Wine and Spirit, National Geographic Traveller Food, Imbibe and Sarah Abbott MW’s Swirl Wine Group blog. She is the inaugural winner of the Champagne Louis Roederer BAME Bursary.

She joined the Decanter World Wine Awards as a judge for the first time in 2021.

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Shivani Tomar
Shivani Tomar
Awards Manager

Born and raised in India, Shivani is the awards manager at Decanter, managing the 300-strong cohort of worldwide judges for the world's largest wine competition, the Decanter World Wine Awards, ensuring a seamless judging process and driving the competitive integrity of the awards. After earning a master’s in wine management from the Burgundy School of Business, she moved to London in 2016 and completed her WSET diploma. While Burgundy holds a special place in her heart, Champagne is her go-to bottle. Alongside her full-time role, she has been dipping her toes into wine writing, relishing the opportunity to bring wine stories to the surface. She serves on the Drinks United Advisory Council board.